ISIS jihadist blows himself up at venue

A suspected ISIS jihadist blew himself up in southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border during a police raid, injuring five officers, one seriously, officials said Sunday. The suspect detonated expl-osives when police raided an apartment building in the town of Gaziantep suspected of being a jihadist hideout, the governor’s off-ice said in a statement.

The raid was conducted as part of the investigation in-to a double suicide bombing on October 10 in Ankara th-at killed 102 activists gathering for a peace rally, Turkish media said.

The attack came as leaders gathered in the Med-iterranean resort city of Antalya, 500 kilometres to the west, for a G20 summit where the fight against terrorism was a major discussion point, following this weekend’s Paris attacks.

On Saturday, four suspected ISIS militants travelling by car were shot dead by the Army when they approached a military checkpoint in Gaziantep. Also on Saturday, the police arrested seven suspected ISIS members in Ankara, state-run Anatolia news agency reported.

The same day, ISIS claimed responsibility for the gun and suicide attacks that killed 129 people across Paris late Friday. A suicide vest, assault rifles, ammunition and other explosive devices were found in the raid at Gaziantep, the official statement said.

Turkey has been on the hunt for ISIS extremists after a series of deadly attacks including bombings on October 10 in Ankara which killed 107 people.

Meanwhile, the police detained four protesters who wanted to walk to the venue of the G-20 summit to deliver a letter to world leaders. The protesters we-re taken to a sports centre which has been turned into a temporary detention centre for protesters during the summit meeting.